Forstenau is a village at the center of Kreis Schlochau with modern Remus connections (which unfortunately I cannot link to the older families that I am tracking). The Jesuits originally owned the village so there is only a Catholic Church.

Here is some of the more modern Remus family information.

• I have emailed Michael Remus whose family lived in this village and goes back to an Albert Remus and wife Johanna Stock born in the 1860's.
• Also, "Der Kreis Schlochau" lists an Albert Remus as village blacksmith prior to World War II and shows his shop.
• And there is still a tended grave for Franz Remus and his wife Anna who died in 1939.

Here is the picture:

Here are two pictures of the old center of the village and the oldest two houses there:

The Forstenau church dates from 1754 with an extension added in 1826. Here is a picture of the church.

Here is a picture of the graveyard for this village:

 Here is 1914 map of the village:

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August 12, 2008